If the XJ6 aren't the correct one does anybody have a Welch/Cape disc that
they could measure for me ie hat height, diameter, centre hole size and
thickness if new?
Cheers
Pieter
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From: healeys-bounces+pieterscheen=optusnet.com.au@autox.team.net
[mailto:healeys-bounces+pieterscheen=optusnet.com.au@autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of E.A. Driver
Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 12:58 AM
To: Eric (Rick) Wilkins
Cc: Healey List
Subject: Re: [Healeys] rear disk brake
You are right on Rick. Those are the discs used both by Welch and by Norton.
See the technical section of www.vintage-sportscar-touring.ca for a
brief article
and pictures of the Cape kit installation on a late BJ8.
Kind regards
Ed
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
'53 BN1 '65 BJ8
Historian, AHCUSA
Eric (Rick) Wilkins wrote:
> jag xj6 rear disks are supposed to work.
>
> On Jun 1, 2008, at 11:46 PM, Alan Seigrist wrote:
>
>
>> Pieter -
>>
>> I thought this might help - there are a couple different pictures of
>> the kit sold by cape here:
>>
>>
https://www.cape-international.com/store/capeshop.php?parttypes=5&department
=&thepart=16146
>> #
>>
>> If you put your cursor over the pictures, the picture gets bigger so
>> you can see the detail.
>>
>> Knowing Steve Norton @ Cape he'll happily sell you the bits
>> seperately. Tell him Alan Seigrist sent you.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Alan
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 1:31 PM, Pieter and Linda Scheenhouwer
>> <pieterscheen@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
>>
>>> I know this subject was done well over a year ago and advice from
>>> David Ward
>>> was to use a Range Rover rear disk. I have the Dennis Welch
>>> brackets and Jag
>>> calipers on but the Range rover disks have too much offset. ie. The
>>> disk
>>> itself sits too far to inboard to run in the caliper and if I was
>>> to space
>>> it out it would push the rear wheels past the guards. I am using
>>> the right
>>> disk or has anybody else done this with a different disk? Any help or
>>> suggestions appreciated,
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>>
>>> Pieter
>>>
>>> BJ7
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